{"id":165103,"date":"2019-09-04T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/teen-romance-leads-to-rebecca-and-blakes-traditional-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:31:39","slug":"teen-romance-leads-to-rebecca-and-blakes-traditional-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/teen-romance-leads-to-rebecca-and-blakes-traditional-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen romance leads to Rebecca and Blake&#8217;s traditional wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Teenage sweethearts Rebecca and Blake met when they were just 17 and have pretty much been inseparable ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016 while travelling together through Europe, Blake proposed at Hotel Artemide, in Rome, on the rooftop. It was a magical night,\u201d Rebecca says.<\/p>\n<p>After about seven years together, couple began planning their traditional wedding in 2017, with everything hinging on the all-important venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe looked at a few venues that we liked, but it was not until we did a tour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Perth\/TradewindsHotel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds Hotel<\/a> we knew &#8211; this is where we wanted to get married,\u201d Rebecca says.<\/p>\n<p>The couple wed on the deck at the Fremantle venue on March 3, 2018 in front of 100 friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was brilliant, I don\u2019t think I could have imagined such a magical night,\u201d the bride says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople always say to take it in, it goes by in a flash, but you never really understand it until you have lived through that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"https:\/\/www.wildwhitephotoco.com.au\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wildwhitephotoco.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April Loves Arnold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200736 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200814 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200751 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I decided that my dress would be a surprise for everyone, including my bridesmaids, it was so worth keeping the secret, their reactions were priceless and our photographer captured it perfectly,&#8221; Rebecca says. The bridesmaids&#8217; infinity gowns were sourced from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/Bridesmaids\/Canberra\/thegownhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gown House<\/a>. Their immaculate hair and make-up was by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingHair\/Perth\/TotalBrides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Total Brides<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200820 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200822 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_011-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200763\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_018-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200787 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200806 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200810 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our wedding was everything we could have dreamed of with our family and friends to help us celebrate,&#8221; Rebecca says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200775 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200777 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200826 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200788 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200796 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI chose the King Protea as my feature flower as I wanted to incorporate my South African heritage into my wedding and to honour my family who could not attend due to distance,\u201d the bride says of her bouquet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200792 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200799 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200803 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200735 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200740 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200747\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_008-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The newlyweds travelled in style courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingCars\/Perth\/BelleClassic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belle Classic Limousines<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200745 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200743\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200756 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingCakes\/Perth\/SweetSorellaCakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweet Sorella Cakes<\/a> created the couple&#8217;s cake, which doubled as wedding favours as it was individually boxed for guests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200840 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rebecca_Blake_Traditional-Wedding_April-Loves-Arnold_SBS_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200842 alignright\" 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